The first article that I read was 6 Supposedly Fun Activities Nobody Actually Enjoys, written by Adam Tod Brown. This article was exactly what it title sounds like, an evaluation of six things that people usually would think are fun that actually aren’t. It is a very cynical paper and is written in an informal tone. The audience of this article is the everyday person; especially those who would think these activities are fun. The activities that Adam evaluates are parades, movies in a park, wave runners, working outdoors, national parks, and finally fireworks with fireworks being the most over rated and parades being the least. The article is written similarly to how I feel someone would speak, if they were talking about the same topic. The writer does use humor of exaggeration to make the article funny, but the overall tone is negative.

            The second article that I evaluated is My Other Car Is a Midlife Crisis by Drew Magary from GQ. This article is about something that every “real” man must do; buy a minivan. It argues that buying a minivan isn’t the end of your legendary rule as the ultimate manly male. The audience of this article is clearly middle-aged men who have bought a minivan or are currently thinking about it. It has a very informal approach and used crude humor and exaggeration to appeal to the reader’s humor. The tone comes off at first as a little negative but can soon be described as arrogant. This arrogance adds to the overall humor of the article, which is clearly the writers intention. Both these articles were about regular everyday things and how they are viewed by society.  

http://www.cracked.com/blog/6-supposedly-fun-activities-nobody-actually-enjoys/

http://www.gq.com/news-politics/mens-lives/201204/buying-minivan-men-masculinity-gq-april-2012